The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published in the Federal Register a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on proposed changes to the guaranty provisions of the Fur Rules under the Fur Products Labeling Act. These ...
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Diode laser maker DILAS of Mainz, Germany has expanded its conduction-cooled, fiber-coupled diode laser modules at 1470nm and 1530nm to include 200μm, NA0.22. With 12W output power, these sealed modules are ideal for the medical market, ...
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Stepping out of the exhibit halls in the courtyards at the Messe Friedrichshafen — the massive expo center that hosts the Eurobike show — you take some risks. The courtyards have smoking zones that get ample use. They also ...
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While NeoCon 2013, held recently at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, saw only a slight increase in attendance—41,488 people this year compared to 40,947 at last year's event—the show was full of energy, optimism and crowded ...
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Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, announced today the acquisition of International Fiber Corporation ("IFC"), the leading ...
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Primoceler, a microfabrication company specializing in laser micro welding and scribing of transparent materials, has developed the first sapphire-to-sapphire welding process. "We were the first to weld glass to glass, glass to silicon ...
Charlotte-based nonwovens producer Polymer Group Inc. (PGI) has made an offer to purchase Fiberweb Plc, a London-based nonwovens and geosynthetics producer. Fiberweb's Board of Directors has stated that although there is no guarantee the ...
Iranian researchers from Amir Kabir University of Technology produced dyeable polypropylene (PP) fibers by using clay nanoparticles. The study was carried out in a joint industrial plan between Petrochemistry Research and Technology ...
PPG Industries' (NYSE: PPG) fiber glass business has received certification from Germanischer Lloyd (GL), a leading international certification body in the wind energy industry, for technical competence in the field of mechanical and ...
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While the Spanish crank and power brand has adopted more subtle graphics for its cranksets, changes go more than skin deep. "We've got new materials and a more serious mountain bike line," said Phillip Lucas, head of Rotor's U.S. office in ...
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Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, will be returning to Orlando, FL, in March 2014 for the 8th annual Sustainability in Packaging conference and exhibition. This year's event ...
Air France-KLM will further cut tonnes from its annual aircraft carbon dioxide emissions, simply by using revolutionary new lightweight cargo nets that it is now introducing. Just one new lightweight net with Dyneema? will save Air ...
Although cyberattacks caused just 6 percent of significant outages of public electronic communications networks and services in the E.U. last year, they affected more people than hardware failure, a much more common factor in service ...
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Polymers are the best invented material by mankind which eased human life to very great extent. Most of the day to day use in human society like tyres, automobiles, bags, packaging, rope and anything you name it. Rubber is one of the ...
Google's services, including its search service used by nine out of 10 people in the UK, went down for just five minutes over the weekend - but web activity plunged by 40 per cent as a result. The rare outage in Google's services, which ...
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